Wire-cloth-sample card



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WIRE GLGTH SAMPLE GARD.

Patented Peb. 6, M383.

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HORACE H. WATERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-CLoTi-i-SAMPLE CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,005, dated February6, 1883.

Application filed April 8, 1882. (Ng model.) r

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE H. WATERS, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin WireCloth-Sample Cards; and I do hereby declare that the -followingis afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,

`and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for exhibiting samples ofwire cloth or netting, whereby the sample` is kept straightgand itsedges are guarded against doing and receiving injury, and whereby thesize of the meshesor `wires thereof maybe better inspected 5 and itconsists in confining the same` between two sheets of paper, one or bothof which is apertured, so as to exhibit a sufficient area of the samplefor inspection. The paper sheets together constitute astiff card, andthe samelis usually printed, so as to serve both as a saniple and abusiness card. The paper sheets between which the wire-cloth is confinedare larger than the sample, and both protect and conceal its roughedges.

In the drawings, Figure lis a full view of a wire-cloth-sample cardcontaining my im provement. Fig; 2 is a central longitudinal section ofFig. l. Fig. 3 isa central longitudinal section of a sample-cardconstructed to exhibit two samples, one from either side. Fig. liis asimilar section, showing a single sample confined between twooppositely-apertured sheets, and also showing a preferred constructionwhen the sample is thick.

A is the paper portion of the sample-card. B is a fragment or section ofwire cloth or netting smaller than the paper sheet or sheets, itsoutline being indicated in Figrl by dotted lines. Ordinarily but onesample will be exhibited bythe same card. In that case the paper portionA will consist of two sheets, a a, both centrally or coincidentlyapertured, as at a', the aperture being smaller than the sample. Thewire-cloth sample is inserted between the sheets so as to be seenthrough the aperture on either side, and the sheets are pasted togetherso as to form with the embraced sample a unitary structure, as shown inFigs. l and 2. The edges of the wire-cloth are in this manner perfectl yprotected from doing or receiving injury, a sufficient circumscribedarea of the wire is visible for inspection and comparison, and the card,as a whole, is fit and convenient to be preserved and handled like anyordinary business-card.

By making the apertures a' about one or one and a half inch in diameterin all of a series of cards showing diderent sizes of mesh a readiercomparison may be made between the samples, because the denitelycircumscribed area shown forms a sort of standard or gage in aid of theeye. rThis feature is not, however, an essential part of my invention.

When the wire-cloth B is thin 'or fine, the card, consisting of only twosheets, a a, embracing such wire-cloth, will not be objectionably unevenin thickness, and by using soft paper the netting may be so embedded inthe contiguous surfaces of paper as to produce no inequality in thecard; but when a very heavy piece of wire-cloth is so confined I preferto surround the margin of the same with a piece of paper, a2, ofthickness corresponding to the wire-cloth sample, as shown in Fig. et.

By usingtwo perforated outer sheets and a continuous intermediate sheet,a3, two samples B may be exhibited in the same card, as shown in Fig. 3.v

Only one of two sheets embracing a sample need be apertured, ifpreferred, the other being continuous,'and preferably of such color onits inner surface as to present a desirable background for the relief ofthe wires.` exposed upon it. i

I claim as my inventioni. The method of exhibiting a wire-cloth samplewhich consists essentially in confining the sample B between two sheets,a a, so as to `guard its edges, said sheets being apertured opposite thesample, whereby a circumscribed portion thereof is revealed,substantially as described.

2. In a wire-cloth-sample card, the combination, with the outer sheets,a a, apertured as shown, of the wire-cloth B and marginal sheet a2,substantially as and for the purposes speci' `fied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix mysignature in presence M. E. DAYTON, W. C. ADAMS.

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